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Rajesh Mhatre

3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014MHAT01

Rajesh Mhatre has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Oculus Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 575th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since December 2014, he has put 537 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.86 in December 2014 to 9.23, a 64% improvement. Rajesh has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.23
signature single · Oculus Cube Open 2023
537
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.2312.50
top 5.4%575 / 20,018
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves30.67
top 8.0%23 / 600
2×23.315.06
top 17.9%1,507 / 12,146
Pyraminx5.819.23
top 18.6%1,112 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed20.1326.62
top 20.8%742 / 4,516
4×456.471:16.22
top 32.5%998 / 4,186
Skewb10.3215.58
top 56.9%1,644 / 3,524
5×52:22.043:00.23
top 62.0%812 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded4:00.865:07.45
top 68.3%356 / 598
Clock22.6628.79
top 71.7%671 / 1,092
Square-11:13.51—
early days — 1 solve668 / 805
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 37:16—
early days — 1 solve168 / 168

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Mumbai Open 2014: 25.86SP Open 2015: 19.21Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 15.82SCMU Open 2016: 14.49Praxis Open 2016: 15.36Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 15.32Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 13.64VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018: 13.79Saraswati Open 2019: 13.70Oculus Cube Open 2020: 13.13Saraswati Open 2020: 12.48Cubing Returns Pune 2022: 14.33Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 10.87IISER Pune Cube Open 2022: 13.41CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023: 12.83Saraswati Open 2023: 11.82Oculus Cube Open 2023: 9.23IISER Pune Summer Open 2023: 13.78Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023: 11.35Saraswati Open 2024: 11.67Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 11.58Telangana Cube Championship 2024: 12.79Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025: 11.60Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025: 12.40Saraswati College Open 2026: 13.499.2325.8628 Dec 20147 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.